Improvement in exercising apparatus



A. WAHL.

EXERCISING-APPARATUS. L

Patented Apr`11'4,1876.

inrfffvfiliiiill UNITED STATES PATENT ALBERT WAHL, OF MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXERCISING:` APPARATUS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,581, dated April 4,1876 application tiled November 5, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WAHL, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvementsin Gymnastic Exercisers,of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to straighten the backs of the crooked,and for gymnastic exercises generally. It is a m-.ichine with a rollerfor the back to rest on and a bar for the hands to take hold of, anddraw the back across the roller.

Figure l is a perspective View of my invention. t

A is the platform, on which the apparatus stands; B B, the standardwhich supports a roller; C, a cross-bar between the standard, throughwhich a brace passes; D, a roller across the top of standard B; E, abrace which holds standard F in place; Gr, a pin which holds brace Einto standard F; H, a pin which holds brace E into cross-bar 0; l,handle on the top of standard F.

This machine may be made with one standard instead of two and the braceC passing through it, and a frame on top in which roller D runs.

K, pin which passes through ears L and the foot of F, and may be shiftedinto the hole back of the one in which it now is to adjust standard F tothe work it has to do. The brace E may be lengthened out or shortenedup, as may be necessary, and the pin H adjusted so as to make it right.

Operation: Lean over the roller D and reach over and with the hands takehold ot' the handles I and draw the back back and forth over the roller,and the back will be straightened and the exercise will be good.

I claim as my inventionl. In an exercising-machine, the brace E,standard B, and roller D, in combination with standard F, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The standard B, roller D, cross-bar C, and adjustable brace E, incombination with standard F, substantially as described.

ALBERT WAHL.

Witnesses J. B. SMITH, J. D. PIERCE.

